{"id":1563,"date":"2018-05-11T15:23:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T20:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/certification.osteopathic.org\/orthopedic-surgery\/?page_id=1563"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:15:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:15:01","slug":"written-exam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/certification.osteopathic.org\/orthopedic-surgery\/certification-process\/orthopedic-sports-medicine\/written-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"Written Exam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">AOBOS<\/span><\/b>\u00a0is pleased to announce a significant update to the eligibility timeline for subspecialty certification in\u00a0<b>Orthopedic Sports Medicine<\/b>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What\u2019s new?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Candidates who have completed an ACGME-approved fellowship in Orthopedic Sports Medicine are now eligible to take the written subspecialty exam<b>\u00a0immediately following fellowship completion<\/b>. This change offers greater flexibility and better aligns the exam timeline with fellowship training completion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><i>Please note: Subspecialty certification will only be granted once primary certification in Orthopedic Surgery has been completed.<\/i><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Limited Opportunity (AOBOS <\/span><\/b><b>Primary Certified Diplomates)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">In response to changes within the field of orthopedic sports medicine\u2014particularly the evolving expectations for team physicians and the increased emphasis on subspecialty certification\u2014the AOBOS has received approval to offer a <strong>time\u2011limited pathway<\/strong> for certain diplomates who are beyond the standard 6\u2011year board eligibility and post\u2011board\u2011eligibility windows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">For the <b>2026, 2027 <\/b>and<b> 2028<\/b> exam administrations, AOBOS primary\u2011certified orthopedic surgeons who are beyond these eligibility windows may apply for the Orthopedic Sports Medicine subspecialty examination<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Eligible diplomates must meet the following requirements:<\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Hold active AOBOS primary certification<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Have completed an ACGME\u2011accredited or AOA\u2011approved fellowship in Orthopedic Sports Medicine<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">This limited opportunity provides experienced, fellowship\u2011trained diplomates, who would otherwise be ineligible, an avenue to pursue subspecialty certification during this three\u2011year period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AOBOS\u00a0is pleased to announce a significant update to the eligibility timeline for subspecialty certification in\u00a0Orthopedic Sports Medicine. What\u2019s new? Candidates who have completed an ACGME-approved fellowship in Orthopedic Sports Medicine are now eligible to take the written subspecialty exam\u00a0immediately following fellowship completion. This change offers greater flexibility and better aligns the exam timeline with fellowship &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/certification.osteopathic.org\/orthopedic-surgery\/certification-process\/orthopedic-sports-medicine\/written-exam\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":1559,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-specialty-written-exams.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-1563","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/certification.osteopathic.org\/orthopedic-surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/certification.osteopathic.org\/orthopedic-surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/certification.osteopathic.org\/orthopedic-surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certification.osteopathic.org\/orthopedic-surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certification.osteopathic.org\/orthopedic-surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/certification.osteopathic.org\/orthopedic-surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1563\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certification.osteopathic.org\/orthopedic-surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/certification.osteopathic.org\/orthopedic-surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certification.osteopathic.org\/orthopedic-surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}